Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Adults Aged 45 Years and Older from Parintins: The Brazilian Amazon Region Eye Survey

Joao M Furtado,Adriana Berezovsky,Nívea Nunes Ferraz,Sergio Muñoz,Arthur Gustavo Fernandes,Sung S. Watanabe,Cristina Coimbra Cunha,Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos,Paula Yuri Sacai,Marcela Cypel,Marcia Regina Kimie Higashi Mitsuhiro,Paulo Henrique Morales,Marcos Jacob Cohen,Mauro Campos,Jacob Moyses Cohen,Rubens Belfort,Solange Rios Salomão

Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Adults Aged 45 Years and Older from Parintins: The Brazilian Amazon Region Eye Survey

2019

Joao M Furtado
Adriana Berezovsky
Nívea Nunes Ferraz
Sergio Muñoz
Arthur Gustavo Fernandes
Sung S. Watanabe
Cristina Coimbra Cunha
Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos
Paula Yuri Sacai
Marcela Cypel
Marcia Regina Kimie Higashi Mitsuhiro
Paulo Henrique Morales
Marcos Jacob Cohen
Mauro Campos
Jacob Moyses Cohen
Rubens Belfort
Solange Rios Salomão

ABSTRACTPurpose: To determine the prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in adults aged 45 years and older from Parintins, Brazilian Amazon Region.Methods: A random cluster sampli...

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Optometry
Blindness
Gerontology
Visual impairment
Diabetes mellitus
Amazon rainforest
Medicine
random cluster
Refractive error

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